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JERUSALEM, May 12—The Israeli Government has moved vigorously to block publication of a book that reportedly contains secret minutes of conversations between Secretary of State Kissinger and Israeli ministers in which the Secretary allegedly made disparaging remarks about the leaders of Egypt, Syria, the Soviet Union and other countries.

The book was banned on the orders of Premier Yitzak Rabin, who, according to Israeli sources, told the Cabinet that Mr. Kissinger would probably have to resign and that IsraeliAmerican relations would be seriously damaged if the material was made public.

On the ground that this might threaten the flow of American arms and aid to Israel, the Government censor blocked publication of the book and last week, according to sources familiar with the case, confiscated the author's manuscript and notes and documents used in preparation of the work.

In a rare move, the Government also prohibited Israeli newspapers from publishing the fact that the book had been censored. Such a step is authorized under Israel's stringent security regulations, but it is rarely imposed. Israeli journalists have protested the action as a political use of Israel's military censorship.

The stern measures taken against the book and its author, Matti Golan, an Israeli journalist, are a barometer of both Mr. Rabin's irritation over a recent spate of leaks from his Government and Israel's deep concern over the strained state of relations with the United States. They also underscore the importance Mr. Rabin places on maintaining a close relationship with Mr. Kissinger.

According to sources familiar with the manuscript, it contains the verbatim transcript of closed‐door talks between Mr. Kissinger and former Premier Golda Meir and other members of her government during negotiations leading to the IsraeliEgyptian disengagement agreement in January, 1974, and the Israeli‐Syria pact signed on June 1, 1974.

Transcripts of the talks were taken by an Israeli stenographer. Copies apparently were leaked to Mr. Golan, a columnist for Haaretz, who has been harshly critical of both Mr. Rabin and Secretary Kissinger.

In the transcripts, Mr. Kissinger allegedly made disparaging comments about leaders he was dealing with at the time, including officials of the Soviet Union, as well as the Japanese Government, which he reportedly criticized for yielding to the pressure of the Arab oil embargo.

Mr. Golan said that he submitted the book to the Government censors six weeks ago. Under Israeli law, all articles of books meant for publication must be submitted for clearance by the censors, ostensibly on the grounds of military security.

Last Wednesday, Mr. Golan said in an interview, the censor advised him that his entire mansuscript had been banned.

The censor told Mr. Golan that publication of the book would harm the security of the state of Israel. The censors office confirmed today that the book had been banned but declined to explain the action or why even reports of the censorship were being blocked from publication in Israel papers. The censor also sought to prevent the publication of this article in The New York Times but was advised that The Times could not accept the ruling as being grounded on violation of Israeli military security.

On Wednesday morning, according to reliable reports, Mr.

Rabin summoned the Cabinet to an extraordinary session in his office in Jerusalem. He reportedly read out passages of the book to the ministers to support his argument that its publication would cause a rupture between the United States and Israel.

Mr. Rabin reportedly contended that if the book was published, the United States would never again serve as a mediator between Israel and the Arab countries on the ground that its private communications could not be protected.

Later on Wednesday, Mr. Rabin reported on the Government's decision to the defense and foreign affairs committee of Parliament. He reportedly was accompanied by the attorney general, who explained the law under which the action was being taken; the chief censor, who is an army brigadier general; and Maj. Gen. Shlomo, Gazit, the chief of military intelligence.

At 4 P.M. Mr. Rabin met in his Tel Aviv office with editors of the major Israeli newspapers. At this closed session I he again explained the reasoning for banning publication of the book. The editors apparently accepted his arguments.

Gershon Shocken, the editor of Haaretz, Mr. Golan's paper, said that in his opinion, Mr. Rabin had made “quite a good case that the publication of this book would harm the best interest of the country.” But, Mr. Shocken said, the chief censor told the editors after the meeting that he had no objection to the publication of the fact that the book had been banned.

Later that night, however, when an article to that effect was submitted to the censor I for publication in the next I morning's edition of Haaretz, the censor rejected it. The chief censor explained later to Mr. Shocken that he had had second thoughts since their earlier meeting and now believe that even publication of the fact of the censorship of the book would be harmful.

The next morning, according to authoritative sources, the censor ordered Mr. Golan to turn over all his copies of the completed, 300‐page manuscript, plus any notes and documents he had used in its preparation. After delaying for 36 hours and consulting with a lawyer, Mr. Golan complied.

After its regular weekly meeting yesterday, the Cabinet released a communiqué announcing that it had empowered the Premier to take “measures accordant with the law to prevent leaks of privileged political or security information likely to be prejudicial to the state and to discover the source of such leaks.”

“Privileged political information” apparently alluded to leaks stemming from the Kissinger mission and to recent news articles about private contacts between Israel and the Soviet Union.

By specifically including political — as well as security—information in its decision, the Cabinet seemed to be extending the material that will be subject to censorship in the future.

A version of this archives appears in print on May 13, 1975, on Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Israel Bars Publication of a Manuscript Disclosing Secret Remarks of Kissinger. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe